@ScottSoCal I hope your wish comes true. π They are such gentle & interesting creatures; good company, too!
Q: Why is health care free even for tourists in Spain paid for by Spanish taxpayers as a human right and so incredibly expensive and cumbersome in California? Our son fell in the bathtub and we had a $12k bill for a few stitches at Stanford ER.
A: Racism.
People hate Obama's Blackness so much, that their opinion of whether universal healthcare is good or bad depends on if you call it Obamacare.
Racist folk with terminal diseases and no insurance, will vote against free healthcare. Cuz Obama.
A pigeon laid 2 eggs in our balcony flower pot.
Night & day, through rain & sunshine, mama & papa take turns "brooding" β an apt metaphor for the commitment, patience & care required of creatives, before hatching a new idea π
#bird #birds #birding #CreativeToots #photography #nature #naturephotography #ThrowbackThursday #friday #life
#introduction
Hi, I'm Laurens Hof (he/him)(π³π±), and I write the Fediverse Report at https://fediversereport.com and @fediversereport@mastodon.social
Excited about finding all the new possibilities that the #fediverse gives, and to see how other people are using it.
Other hobbies include: boardgames (Gloomhaven!), books, cats, cooking, homebrewing, social activism and coops (ran a coop for bike repair once), crypto skeptics and shitposting
Cat in profile picture is my owner.
Boost this if you ever had to manage naming your computer files using only eight characters, plus the three character extension.
#eightdotthree
@DemocracyMatters I will never forget this! π
Ps: I tried to describe the photo but I can't so
"A photo of madison cawthorn on the left duplicating the pose Hitler did on the picture on the right"
β οΈThe Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs has started to form assault brigades called the Offensive Guard, under the direction of Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko. These brigades are open to volunteers and are intended to strengthen the Defense Forces and liberate the territories of Ukraine that are currently under occupation.
For #BlackHistoryMonth, let's remember Bayard Rustin.
The civil rights leader, when he is remembered at all these days, is remembered for brilliantly organizing the 1963 March on Washington.
Not everyone appreciated his pioneering approach to intersectionality - and as a gay man, he was sometimes seen as a liability.
His biographer makes a case for Rustin as the signature radical voice during the 20th century
https://theconversation.com/meet-bayard-rustin-often-forgotten-civil-rights-activist-gay-rights-advocate-union-organizer-pacifist-and-man-of-compassion-for-all-in-trouble-197250
#BlackMastodon #LGBTHistory #GayRights #histodons
Children killed annually by mass education of Black history: 0
Children killed annually by mass book reading: 0
Children killed annually by drag shows: 0
Children killed annually by mass shootings & firearms: 4400
GOP: The only way to protect our kids is ban history, ban books, ban drag, and arm more kids with guns.
Just got an amazing gift from @joqatana: A suncatcher made with one of my late friend #DavidCrosby's guitar strings. Thank you, Jo, I deeply appreciate it. π #music
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.